6 Reasons to Start Your Career in Drilling
Whether you’re looking for your first real job or feel like it’s time to switch career paths, it’s hard to know if a new industry is going to be a good fit for your skills and...
How to Choose a Sonic Drilling Contractor
Over the last decade, the demand for sonic drilling has increased—and drilling companies across the country have stepped up to provide it. Now, when you need a sonic drilling...
How to Stop Wasting Money on Characterization Programs
When I work with consultants, they often tell me they know exactly what they want to achieve with their investigation program budget. After I ask some questions, however, it...
3 Things You Need to Consider When Implementing ISTR in Complex Geologic Settings with Highly Variable Permeabilities and High Groundwater Flux Zones
Identifying zones where high groundwater flux may occur is essential to an effective thermal remedy. At sites with complex geologies consisting of multiple layers of different...
Drilling 106: An Introduction to Core Drilling
The ancient Egyptians may be best known for hieroglyphics, the pyramids, and the Sphinx, but their accomplishments extend beyond writing, construction, and art—they were pioneers...
Drilling 105: An Introduction to Auger Drilling
Auger drilling has a fascinating history, tracing back to 250 BC when Archimedes invented the first known auger to move water uphill. Though drilling came later, this ancient...
3 Common Questions About Groundwater Sampling
Groundwater is powerful. It can impact the stability of infrastructure and new construction, flow of contaminants, as well as human safety. Although every environmental drilling...
The Secret to Hiring During (and After) COVID-19: Appealing to Candidate Needs
We’re all aware the hiring environment has changed tremendously in the past eight months, mainly due to the COVID pandemic. Many employers in environmental services now find...
5 Jobs in Environmental Services That Are in High Demand
According to Environmental Business International, the environmental services industry generated $370 billion in revenues in 2016, representing nearly 3% of the US gross domestic...
5 Things You Need to Consider When NAPL Governs the Mass Present at Your Thermal Site
Thermal technologies have now been used for more than two decades to address highly contaminated source zones. In the beginning, thermal was typically utilized to address volatile...
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